Leaving Our Shadows Behind Us wayfaring served as stew­ard of the

served as stew­ard of the land that belonged to the gods

transpacific feminist fairy tale for all readers that illuminates an ancient tradition and pushes back against normative standards of beauty

writer of da award-winning Pidgin short story collection Da Word

Darlene Rodrigues

and they offer rare and timeless insights into the Philippines now and in the recent past

Leaving Our Shadows Behind Us wayfaring served as stew­ard of theAn emerging voice in local literature, Elmer Omar Bascos Pizo translates his feelings into his poetry, reinterpreting his life experiences and working diligently to maintain authenticity. His poems are uniquely provocative, often sad in depicting his journey from an abusive childhood in the Philippines, through the trials of an overseas Filipino worker enduring and witnessing injustice and torture in the Middle East, to the challenges of a hard